implosion
noun
1 implosion
A sudden inward collapse.
Roget 406:
snap
etc.
v.;
rapping
etc.
v.;
decrepitation,
crepitation;
report,
thud;
burst,
explosion,
blast,
boom,
discharge,
detonation,
firing,
salvo,
volley.
squib,
cracker,
firecracker,
cherry bomb,
M80,
gun,
cap,
cap gun,
popgun.
implosion.
bomb burst,
atomic explosion,
nuclear explosion
(arms)
727.
[explosive substances]
gunpowder,
dynamite,
gun cotton,
nitroglycerine,
nitrocellulose,
plastic explosive,
plastique,
TNT,
cordite,
trinitrotoluene,
picric acid,
picrates,
mercury fulminate
(arms)
727.
whack,
wham,
pow.
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Dutch: implosie
2 implosion
The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant.
Polish: implozja
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